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COIN

Unique ID: BERK-C15618

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete silver Commonwealth penny with co-joined shields, dating to the period AD 1649-1660. The coin may have been deliberately cut in half or bent in half and broken. There is a small hole in the coin. Spink (2011) 3222.

Notes:

Rally Record No 98. Photos taken in poor light conditions, images may not be up to usual standards.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 12.38 mm
Width: 7.2 mm
Weight: 0.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th September 2012

Rally details.

This object was found at Leisure Promotion and Wantage Rotary Club at Letcombe Regis 2012

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Commonwealth (N 2729)
Obverse description: Cojoined shields of England and Ireland
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Letcombe Regis (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3886
Four figure Latitude: 51.57159528
Four figure longitude: -1.45309941
1:25K map: SU3886
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: With finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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